The Gospel by Alicia Keys

So we all got children, products of the ghetto
Momma (1)____________ us soup, (2)__________ did the yelling
Uncle was a drunk, cousin was a felon
When he got pitched, he told them he wasn't tellin'
Auntie was a cook, her husband was a crook
Cause (3)__________ job he had they be payin' him off the books
Ghetto university, (4)__________________ is all it took
In a tenement I was listenin' to the hook
Change gon' come, the spirit of Sam Cook
When the feds comin', everybody get shook
Now we doin' life like Eddie (5)____________ and Martin
On the chain gang, I was singing into the coffin

The (6)______________ and the rats, (7)____________ and the cracks
Couldn't blame me, I'm just giving the facts
Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't where it's at
Everybody got a past but you can never go back

Sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)...

Tellin' you like it is, how we ever gon' live?
If we ain't gettin' money, how we feedin' the kids?
It's a revolving door, where brothers be doin' bids
I know it sound wrong but the door will be (8)________ it is
Survival of the fittest, (9)________ poor girl the illest
Broke (10)______________ and (11)__________ cats (12)________ me heebie-geebies
Life (13)__________ hard but nothin' (14)________ (15)__________ easy
Whatever's in the dark, can (16)____________ become the light
If you ain't in a battle, how you gon' win the fight?
Gotta speak the truth when I'm up in the booth
The (17)______________ be flyin' (18)__________ but (19)________ don't be on the roof
Poverty is a pain (20)________ you pullin' a tooth
Told the streets don't let me go like I'm Bishop in Juice

The (21)______________ and the rats, (22)____________ and the cracks
Couldn't (23)__________ me, I'm just giving the facts
Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't (24)__________ it's at
Everybody got a past but you can never go back

Sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)

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